Over here at the Insider, we still are pretty awed by the performance of officers Scott Biggs, Yukio Oshita, Kevin O’Leary and Daniel Kroos. The men had little training to deal with any sort of escaped-animal emergency at the zoo — let alone one involving a tiger — and by all accounts, there was a lot of confusion among zoo staff. Not to mention they were staring down the 252-pound beast with just their .40 caliber service weapons .

The officers will be honored by the San Francisco Police Commission for their bravery on Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. at a special awards ceremony. We’re still waiting for more information on the event, but we’re sure there will be appropriate pomp and circumstance. Capt. Paul Chignell at the Taraval Station, where all four men were stationed during the event, called them “excellent” officers who did something utterly amazing. Biggs and Oshita are still at Taraval as plainclothes officers, while O’Leary walks the beat in that district. Kroos now works out of Mission Station.

“This was a once in a lifetime event,” Chignell said. “No one thinks that ever, in their entire career, will they have to dispatch a 250-pound wild animal at dusk. It’s pretty over the top.”